Memorial Day Toll Across United States Rises
The Associated Press tally shows at least 41 deaths on Memorial Day nationwide. Causes include 13 drownings, 8 plane crashes, 7 from car train collisions, and 8 other incidents. Specific crashes occurred in Yarrelton Texas Mansfield Ohio New Castle Indiana Chicago Illinois and Flint Michigan. Multiple states report fatalities from automobile, train, and other accidents.
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Yarrelton
Texas
Mansfield
Ohio
Newcastle
Ind
Chicago
Michigan
Minnesota
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Two Killed and Six Wounded at Texas Political Rally
In Rio Grande City Texas a political rally on the city plaza ended with two men dead and six injured. Davil Gomez and Pablo Solis died from knife and bullet wounds as supporters of T W Seabury clashed with the Guerra faction led by Sheriff G A Guerra. Deputy Ivario Elizondo was stabbed and five others sustained gunshot injuries. Authorities said no arrests had been made.
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Rio Grande City
Texas
Texas Rangers
Davil Gomez
Pablo Solis
Ivario Elizondo
J. T. Canales
Brownsville
T. W. Seabury
Seabury
Archie Parr
Guerra Brothers
Francisco Gonzales
Crisoforo Hernandez
Jose Perez
J. J. Guerra
Canales
Guerra
Elizondo
Manuel Guerra
Rivers Daily Stages Flood Present 24 Hour Stage
A flood stage report shows Rivers Daily at a 24 hour stage with changes recorded. Authorities monitor river levels for potential rising water and related alerts.
Fox Hatchery sign and an odd heligramite insect tale
Jes Ramblin reports a humorous West Monroe yarn about a Fox Hatchery sign and a mystery insect named heligramite described as slate gray with two antennae and four locust like wings. The piece also notes Irish potato haul from L M Johnson on Martha Medlock farm planted April 18 and growing rapidly.
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W. D. Taylor
Oak Street
Jes’ Ramblin
L. M. Johnson
Martha Medlock
Monroe
Jes
Governor Rolph Clinging to Life Amid Illness
California Governor James Rolph Jr., age 64, remained critically ill at his Santa Clara ranch retreat as doctors warned his battle could end momentarily. Physicians described his condition as grave with failing heart and pulmonary congestion, though he showed brief rallies from near collapse.
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San Jose
Calif
California
James Rolph, Jr
Santa Clara County
J. M. Scanlan
Agnew State Hospital
Rolph
J. M. Toner
Oklahoma Bank Robbed by Bandit Pair at Kingfisher
Two men robbed the Peoples National Bank in Kingfisher Oklahoma on Thursday taking about $1000. They released unharmed a girl bank clerk and three young male employees used as shields before fleeing two miles west of the city.
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Oklahoma Bank
Kingfisher, Okla
Peoples National Bank
Kidnap Plots Against Cord Family Described by E L Cord
E L Cord, Beverly Hills magnate, describes three kidnapping attempts on his family to English acquaintances. A plane over his California estate, a guard confrontation, and a suspected Mexican landing are noted as part of the scare that sent him to England for the summer.
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London
Beverly Hills
Calif
E. L. Cord
California
United States
Cord
England
William F. Gettle
June Robles
Arizona
Surrey
Cord Estate
Mexico
Cord Home
Drouth Devastates Western Fields With Heat Wave
A blistering 106 degree day scorches cattle and wheat across Minnesota, the Dakotas, and Texas. Officials estimate a daily one million bushels of wheat abandoned, with $850,000 value, while Kansas faces extensive drought harming farmers. Illinois warns of potential milk shortages without aid as the driest period in state history continues.
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Kansas City
Minnesota
Dakotas
Texas
George E. Farrell
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Kansas
United States
Walter W. McLaughlin
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Illinois
Father Plans Barbara Hutton Return To Gotham On Bremen
Southampton dispatch says Franklyn L. Hutton arranged state room space for his daughter Princess Barbara Hutton Mdivani to sail back to New York on June 6. He has not secured accommodations for her husband Prince Alexis Mdivani. Hutton will arrive tomorrow aboard the S S Bremen and may radio the ship to London to join Barbara before returning to New York.
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Southampton
Eng
Franklyn L. Hutton
Princess Barbara Hutton Mdivani
New York
Prince Alexis Mdivani
Hutton
S. S. Bremen
London
Bremen
Roosevelt Views Navy Parade From Ship Deck
The battleship Pennsylvania led a pass of ships past President Roosevelt aboard the cruiser Indianapolis off Ambrose Light. The moment started the largest peace-time navy review in U. S. history as Roosevelt, flanked by Swanson and Daniels, saluted from the forward deck. The 21-gun salute marked the ceremony.
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Ambrose Light
Pennsylvania
United States Fleet
Roosevelt
United States Navy
Navy
Swanson
Josephus Daniels
Mexico
Wilson
Daniels
Indianapolis Cruise Under Way Delayed by Fog
Indianapolis is delayed by fog as the cruiser Indianapolis with President Roosevelt aboard for a fleet review attempts to get under way. The May 31 dispatch notes the fog causing a hold up before the ship moves from port.
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Indianapolis
U. S. S. Indianapolis
Roosevelt
Silver measure passes House aims for silver backing
The House passed the administration silver bill and sent it to the Senate. It would back a quarter of U S currency with silver, versus three quarters with gold, with early Senate action expected. Democratic critics called it a silver brick while Republicans warned against unsound monetary principles.
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Washington
House
Senate
Administration
United States
Democratic Silver Bloc
Miss Unknown Remains Unidentified in Houston Hospital
Mystery woman, nicknamed Miss Unknown, stayed unnamed as two Galveston dancers Velma and Thelma Morrison failed to identify her. Photos resembled Grace Henry, former manager, but the patient remained asleep and unable to reveal her identity.
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Houston
Tex
Galveston
Velma
Thelma Morrison
Grace Henry
Rendezvous With Death In Explosive Car Threat
In Alameda California a man sits in an automobile packed with 48 sticks of dynamite and a gallon of nitroglycerine awaiting sleep to trigger a detonation. Police officer Patrolman William Pries moved to disarm the danger by removing the ignition key and urging the suspect to drive to marshland away from buildings.
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Alameda
Cal
Kingdom Come
William Pries
Pries
Government faces year end with smaller deficit than Roosevelts budget
Washington May 31 The 1935 federal fiscal year ends in a month with an estimated deficit near 4.9 billion dollars, about half Roosevelt's 7.3 billion budget projection. June spending and incomes tax installments will shape the final deficit as the Treasury plans cautious financing and bond issues.
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Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt
Reconstruction Corporation
Public Works Administration
RFC
Jesse Jones
Longshoremen Present Their View in Port Strike
In New Orleans on May 31 striking riverfront longshoremen from white and black unions claim the old 50 year old unions uphold American living standards. They accuse the New Orleans Steamship Association and E J McGuirk of backing company unions and avoiding the president’s re employment program. One striker, William Dove, 47, died from a beating received in Charity hospital.
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New Orleans
New Orleans Steamship Association
E. J. McGuirk
The
Steamship Association
Riverfront Workers and
T. J. Darcy
William Dove
Charity Hospital
Geneva Parley Recess Taken After Disarmament Tiff
Associated Press reports the disarmament conference in Geneva recesses over a French British clash as leaders try to salvage talks. Meanwhile the United States displays 9 warships before President Roosevelt, and a French fleet sails from Lorient to test coastal defenses. Germany marks the Jutland anniversary as Japan unveils the cruiser Kuma with 156.1 mm guns and 33 knot speed. The Bolivia Paraguay war continues as Bolivia seeks League action under article 15.
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Associated Press
Geneva
United States
Roosevelt
Lorient
Germany
Jutland
Great Britain
Japan
Mikuma
Chaco Boreal
Paraguay
Bolivia
League of Nations
Murder charges dropped against two in Texas patrolmen death
Fort Worth dated May 31. Billie Mace and Floyd Hamilton had faced murder charges for the April 1 slaying of two state highway patrolmen. The charges were dismissed after ballistics tests showed the bullets came from a gun found in Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker’s death car.
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Fort Worth
Billie Mace
Floyd Hamilton
Criminal District Court
Martin
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Steel Textile Workers Voice Dissatisfaction Protest
Cotton mill employees stage a protest as steel and textile workers voice discontent over a 25 percent production cut affecting output and amid labor tensions.
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STEEL
Walkout schedule and labor clashes ripple across industries
National guard troops mobilized in Pekin Illinois as textile workers threaten a general strike ordered by the United Textile Workers of America over a 25 percent mill production cut tied to NRA policy. Steel workers warn of a showdown to win bargaining rights, while Toledo electrical workers delay a large shutdown. Rioting erupts as deputies clash with strikers near the American Distilling plant amid guard deployment from Quincy.
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Associated Press
National Guard
Pekin
Ill
Thomas Z. McMahon
United Textile Workers of America
NRA
McMahon
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Washington
Toledo
Ohio
American Commercial Alcohol Distilling Company
Quincy
San Fran
Diplomas Awarded to 20 Seniors at St Matthew's
Most Rev Daniel F Desmond, bishop of the Alexandria diocese, presided at St Matthew's church as 20 graduates received diplomas in a ceremony marking the first of three graduation events. The bishop urged happiness as the key to success and praised the students, teachers, and Daughters of the Cross for shaping lifelong values.
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St. Matthew's High School
Daniel F. Desmond
Alexandria
St. Matthew's Church
Neville High School
Neville School
Ouachita Parish High School
Daughters of the Cross
Fatal shooting in Morehouse parish as husband’s rival is killed
Harvey Thomas, 26, was shot and killed by John Hedge, 40, after Hedge allegedly learned Thomas caused his wife to leave him. Hedge surrendered after walking two miles to a Bastrop telephone and informing the sheriff. The shooting occurred Wednesday night near Beekman in the parish's second ward. Hedge’s wife is a cousin of the slain man.
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Bastrop
Harvey Thomas
John Hedge
Beekman
Morehouse Parish
Hedge
Sherif
Thomas
J. F. Carpenter
R. B. Leavell
Louisiana Legislature Opens Record Bill Deluge in Senate and House
Louisiana lawmakers pushed a flood of major measures including a state wide retail sales tax a constitutional convention and mass agency consolidations as deadline days arrivals swamped clerks in Baton Rouge. The tax reform commission proposed new levies on gas oil incomes liquor utilities advertising and stores to fund schools while eliminating most levee boards outside Orleans Parish. Senate and House leaders moved to adjourn briefly before midnight to accommodate late introductions.
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Jack Adams
Associated Press
State House
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
State Assembly
Louisiana Tax Reform Commission
Tax Reform Commission
Texas Rangers
House
Senate
W. Scott Heywood
Jennings
Ferguson
Richland
New Orleans
Orleans Parish
Orleans
Joe B. Hamiter
Caddo
Frank HL. Peterman
Alexandria
Roosevelt Drives Cuba Treaty Changes and Home Talent Policy
In Santa Monica a report says President Roosevelt advances a new Cuba treaty removing the godfather clause and emphasizes using home talent for revelations. The piece notes Puerto Rico will be wet nursed by the interior department, the Philippines rears for peace, and U S forces may soon return home for security.
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Cal
Roosevelt
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Interior Department
Philippines
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